[Bug 1343407] Re: Add support for Dell PowerEdge 13G servers

Kent Baxley 1343407 at bugs.launchpad.net
Mon Jul 21 17:55:12 UTC 2014


Updated description with required SRU fields.  Please let me know if I
need to add anything else.  Thanks for your help, Robie!

** Description changed:

  The 13G line of Dell PowerEdge servers will be rolling out later this
  year.
  
  A patch was submitted upstream recently to add support into ipmitool for
  these new servers:
  
  http://sourceforge.net/p/ipmitool/patches/102/
  
  We need to get this into ipmitool for Trusty and Utopic so that we are
  ready for 13G.
+ 
+ 
+ [IMPACT]
+ The upstream patch is needed to support the Dell 13G line of servers, shipping soon.  They include a new version of the Dell iDRAC adapter, so, ipmitool needs to be aware of it.  14.04 LTS needs this especially since that's what most customers will run on their new servers. 
+ 
+ [TEST CASE]
+ On a 13G system, make sure the following commands return sane values and/or complete successfully
+ 
+ sudo ipmitool delloem mac 
+ (should see all available macs in the server plus the iDRAC8 MAC address)
+ 
+ sudo ipmitool delloem lan
+ (should return instructions for running the command, 13G should be listed in the instructions now)
+ 
+ sudo ipmitool delloem lan set dedicated
+ sudo ipmitool delloem lan set shared with lom1 (as well as lom2, lom3, etc)
+ (commands set the lan interface location which is either dedicated or shared with a LOM)
+ 
+ sudo ipmitool delloem lan get
+ (should return whether the ipmi lan interface is dedicated or shared correctly based on lan set commands above)
+ 
+ sudo ipmtool delloem lcd 
+ (should return usage instructions and should see that 13g is included in them)
+ 
+ sudo ipmitool delloem lcd info
+ sudo ipmitool delloem lcd status
+ (display information about current lcd settings)
+ 
+ succesfully set modes on the lcd display using commands such as:
+ 
+ sudo ipmitool delloem lcd set mode modelname
+ sudo ipmitool delloem lcd set ipv4address
+ sudo ipmitool delloem lcd set systemname
+ sudo ipmitool delloem lcd set errordisplay sel (or simple)
+ 
+ ...verify the above with the 'sudo ipmitool delloem lcd info' command or
+ by physically looking at the LCD display on the server.
+ 
+ sudo ipmitool delloem powermonitor 
+ (return sane values for power stats on the server)
+ 
+ 
+ 
+ [Regression Potential]
+ 
+ Low - the patch affects ipmi_delloem.{c,h} only.  Commands handle 13G in
+ the same way that other known hardware is handled (11g, 12g, etc) - no
+ feature changes at all.  Everything that worked on 12G works also on
+ 13G.

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